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Category Archives: Hebrew Calendar Month Names

Hebrew calendar – the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year of 365 days by periodic leap years.

lunisolar calendar – a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles

Tishri – the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October)

Heshvan – the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November)

Chislev, Kislev- the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December)

Tebet, Tevet – the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)

Shebat, Shevat – the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February)

Adar – the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March)

Adar Sheni, Veadar – included seven times in every 19 years

Nisan, Nissan – the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)

Iyar, Iyyar – the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)

Sivan, Siwan – the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)

Tammuz, Thammuz – the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)

Av, Ab – the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)

Ellul, Elul – the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September)